Lopez, L. L. S. (2015). The power of 37! (the progressive operation of women in entrepreneurship revolution) (Unpublished master's thesis). Public Management Development Program, Development Academy of the Philippines.

Public Management Development Program Middle Managers Class Batch 5: Dagitab Thesis (MMC)--Development Academy of the Philippines.

His Excellency Tebelelo Seretse, Ambassador of Botswana to the United States said, "When you empower a man, you empower an individual; when you empower a woman, you empower a nation." Women empowerment yields the highest returns of all development investments. Santiago City is a busting independent city but in the barangays, one can see women who have no definite livelihood and who experience daily neglect. Although some of them are literate, they have not been given the attention that they need to develop their potentials and achieve economic growth. The POWER of 37! or The Progressive Operation of Women in Entrepreneurship Revolution is a centerpiece Gender and Development (GAD) project geared to empower women through entrepreneurship. It was specifically crafted for the unemployed women in Region 2 and it was piloted in Santiago City. This Re-entry Project attempted to address and alleviate the concern on the low level of entrepreneurial participation and economic productivity of rural women through entrepreneurship to enable them to take a step toward improving their lives. With the theme "Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship Development", the ReP attempted to create empowered and productive women entrepreneurs through a purposive package of interventions that would eventually make them savor an improved quality of life and enjoy economic independence. The unemployed women of Santiago are the main focus of this Re-entry Project. They were made its center of attention through the Gender and Development Framework which is the foundation on which Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) program interventions became the strategies and tools of empowerment. The Re-entry project was piloted in five (5) barangays namely: barangays Calaocan, Centro East, Luna, Rizal and Santa Rosa where the women participated in the pre-identified projects classified under a general title "wearables and homestyle". They attended a series of training activities and seminars such as Entrepreneurial Advocacy, Social Preparation, Focus Group Discussions and Planning Seminar Workshops to make them aware of their roles in the economic development of their communities, to let them know and appreciate the programs of the government specially crafted for them, to open their awareness on entrepreneurship, and to ignite their passion to become their own 'boss'...